Home builders lobby for new Kansas City energy policy [Video]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Home Builders Association of Greater Kansas City (KCHBA) says an energy code adopted by the city council in October of 2022 is hard to communicate to builders.

“The end result that we’ve gotten with the code having been adopted in the way that it was and our efforts to comply with it is a historic reduction in new housing starts in Kansas City, Missouri,” KCHBA Executive Vice President Will Ruder said in an interview with FOX4 Wednesday.

The code did not go into effect until the second half of last year.

“In February of 2023, Kansas City, Missouri was 25% of the entire metro in new housing starts,” Ruder said. “In February of 2024, Kansas City was 3.3% of the entire metro.”

Critics fire back on city taking lead on Royals, Chiefs talks

Ruder met with Councilmember Andrea Bough at City Hall Tuesday. …